There is one required textbook, my book “Better Health Economics” (available here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo208556491.html). If you are unfamiliar with the U.S. healthcare system, then I also encourage you to purchase the “Healthcare Handbook” e-book and read it prior to the start of class (https://www.amazon.com/Health-Care-Handbook-Concise-United-ebook/dp/B0088CMAUU). Any edition is fine. This book is a useful introduction to the U.S. healthcare system, and many of the examples we will discuss in class will be from the U.S. healthcare system. I will also assign *optional* readings most weeks from the “Health Economics” textbook by Jay Bhattacharya, Timothy Hyde, and Peter Tu (https://www.amazon.com/Health-Economics-Jay-Bhattacharya/dp/113702996X). Again, any edition is fine.
Grades will be determined by one of two formulas. If one performs better on the Final Exam than on the Midterm Exam, the midterm will be weighted less. The maximum grade point average for the class will be 3.3, where A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, and F=0.
